Morning journal and courier., 1887-10-19
THE PRESIDENT AT ATLANTA.


Great Crowds Cheer Him the
Exposition.
ATLANTA, Oct. 18.-The morning was
cloudy, showing the possibility of rain.
Trains are still bringing in thousands of
strangers, yet it is estimated that six or sew
en- thousand of those here last night, failed to
find beds. The corridors and stairs of the
Kimball House where the President is
CHARTERED had the appearance of hastily
made biYouac. Sleeping forms were lying
in all directions upon the floors and stairs.
Atlanta is prohibition town and despite the
crowd and enthusiasm there is very little
drunkenness. The presidential party did
not retire until 2 o'clock this morn
ing, it having been found impossible
to get their baggage through the
crowds and 10 their rooms earlier.
As consequence they breakfasted late
this morning At II O'Clock President Col
Inns and Vice President Grady of the exposi-
ton called at the Presidents rooms and es-
corted the President, Mrs. Cleveland and
Postmaster General Villas to the Capitol
where they entered the Governors room and
were received by Governor Gordon. The
Visiting governors, the Supreme court of the
State, the members of the Governors staff
the United States officials, the municipal
authorities and the members of the Iegisla-
ture were presented to the city's guests. This
ceremonial over the distinguished visitors
escorted by Governor Gordon, Senators
Brown and Colquitt, and accompanied by
the visiting governors and many other people
of distinction, proceeded to Piedmont Park,
which is the exposition grounds. A national
salute was fred as the procession entered the
gates of the enclosure and proceeded to the
speakers stand. The formalities of welcome
to the President began with prayer by the
Rev. DR.. Bartlett, after which II. w.
in brief but eloquent speech ex-
tended a welcome to the President,
to which he responded. At the conclusion
of the Presidents speech repeated calls were
made for Governor Gordon. In response the
Governor arose and proposed 'sthree cheers
for Mrs. Cleveland, !" which were given with
wild enthusiasm. The multitude were de-
teImined, however, to have speech from
the Governor and in response to prolonged
calls he came forward and spoke few words
| From the speaking stand the presidential
party were conducted to Machinery Hall, in
which they tarried nearly half an hour. 1t
was proposed to- take them thence to the
main hall of the exposition, but the crowd
was fairly impenetrable and the purpose was
abandoned. The public reception at the
grounds was pleasant affair of its kind, no
attempt being made to shake the hands
of the passer by and the whole proceeding
being over in three-quarters of an hour.
The visitors were then conducted to
| the club house OF the ,Gentlemen'ss Driving
| club, where an elegant lunch was served I'M
| der the supervision of the. wives of club
| members. From this point the party went
to their rooms at the hotel and remained
there until A O'Clock. The gentlemen of
the party dined with Governor Gordon this
evening. Among the guests invited were
Governor Perry of Florida, Governor Rich
| ardson of South Carolina, Senators Brown
and Co1quitt and II. w. Grady. Mrs. Oleve-
The members of the presidential party re-
turned to the Kimball House, rested for an
hour and then attended the card reception
| in. honor of the President and Mrs Cleveland
| at the Capital City club.